(second quarter books) The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild by Jack London is 134 pages (268 pages).  The Call of the Wild is about a dog named Buck.  Buck is used to the good life at a big house with his people.  Buck gets sent to the Arctic because people want heavy dogs to pull sleds after yellow medal is discovered.  The lead dog on Buck's team is Spitz who is a big, mean, nasty dog.  Spitz does not like Buck at all.  Buck defeats Spitz and becomes the lead sled dog.  After all this and many other things, Buck meets a wolf.